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20 Most-Shared Guinness Ads on YouTube

20 Most-Shared Guinness Ads on YouTube

20. Race Against the Pint

In this tale of athleticism, a man tells a tale of his aging brother's yearly race against a Guinness pint. The old guy could give Dos Equis's "Most Interesting Man" a run for his money!

19. Hurling

There's a lot I don't understand about the traditional Gaelic sport of hurling. However, I do sympathize with the player in this commercial. If I were being attacked by pig people, I'd want a beer, too.

18. Music Machine

*Fact: the foam on the top of the beer is actually tiny acrobats shot out of microscopic horns. Take that, nanotechnology!

*That fact is false.

17. Tom Crean

This Guinness ad reenacts the tale of the famous Irish explorer, Tom "Irish Giant" Crean, who went alone along the icy bank of the South Pole to fetch help for a crewmate dying of scurvy. Later, he opened a pub with his wife, where he worked for the rest of his life. Badass.

16. Man Hug

Reminding chaps not to get "too friendly" on St. Patrick's day, this commercial is the tutorial for the so-called "man hug." Butts out, people!

15. Slide

In an epic move that would make Einstein roll over in his grave, a freshly poured Guinness makes an insane trek toward a business man. Who needs physics?

14. Men and Women Shouldn't Live Together

13. Sixpack

This gem from the Guinness Scientists touts one very responsible message: Just because you can buy a sixer of beers doesn't mean that you should drink all six beers.

12. To Arthur Guinness

For Guinness' 250th anniversary, the beer company honors its founder, Arthur Guinness, with a major worldwide toast. It's situations like this where I always keep an emergency beer handy for spontaneous toasts.

11. Rugby

In honor of the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, Guinness developed an epic battlefield with some rugby moves tossed in for good measure. From these commercials, I gather that Guinness outpaces Gatorade as the drink of world-class athletes.

10. Hands

I don't know what exactly horrifies me about this commercial, but the stop animation of hands hits the uncanny valley. This may be my new nightmare.

9. Penguins

In a riff on March of the Penguins, this commercial follows two "best mate" penguins as they brave the icy waters to get to their newest pub.

*Fact: Penguins love beer.

*That fact is also false.

8. Guinness Christmas

According to this commercial, nothing extols the values of Ireland during the magical time of Christmas quite like an Irish stout beer. Deck the halls, indeed!

7. Dancing Man

In this silent short, a man tries to woo a pint of Guinness with his sultry dance moves. Resembling a chicken mid-seizure, the guy flails around until it's okay to grab the drink. Oh, if only you had to do this every time you needed a beer...

6. Surfer

In another beer-as-motivation-for-sports advert, Guinness maintains that waiting for the perfect pint is like riding the perfect -- OMG HORSES.

5. Bring it to Life

Apparently, hand-crafting the world is really difficult to do. And, also apparently, on the eighth day God kicked back with a cold one and let his minions do all the work.

4. St. Patrick's Day

I'll be totally honest here: If my St. Patrick's Day morning was anywhere close to this, I'd be too thrilled for words.

3. Herding Mates

This commercial is an exercise in another classically Irish sport: herding. This is, hands down, the funniest commercial in this lineup. Plus, puppies!

2. Evolution

*Fact: There's a possibility that if you drink a sip of Guinness, it will undo the very fabric of time itself and force us back into the dawn of time. Watch out!

*Oh, you know.

1. Best When Shared

The only real thing I can say about this commercial is: NSFW. Very NSFW.

Time to dust off your green top hats and practice drawing shamrocks — Saturday is St. Patrick's Day! In honor of this celebration of all things Irish, we've tapped into the viral video analytics at Unruly to examine a staple of Ireland — Guinness beer.

For those of you who have been ostensibly living under a rock, Guinness is basically the national drink in Ireland. For more than 250 years, the company has been brewing beer in Dublin. While the brand is known for its classic Irish Extra Stout, the company also makes a draught stout and a black lager. Of course, Guinness is also the official drink of St. Paddy's Day, getting the party going all across the world.

Known for its blockbuster-style advertisements, the Irish brewing company has done well advocating its brand message worldwide. And these commercials live in perpetuity on YouTube, some of which have racked up views in the multi-millions. Many of the spots are side-splitting and hilarious, others bold and fierce — but they all have a bit of cheek.

Speaking of, the number one video (which has had 64,756 shares all-time and nearly 2 million views on YouTube since its launch) shows off the beer company's raunchy side. I won't give anything away, but I will mention that it is NSFW.

Check out the top 20 videos from the beloved beer company below, and get ready to embrace the luck of the Irish. What's your favorite commercial in the gallery? Let us know in the comments below.

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